Multiple playing phonograph



Aug. 20, `1935.

R. R. ERBE MULTIPLE FLAYING PHONOG'RPH Filed Sept. 25, 1929 7 Sheets-Sheet 1 RALPH R, ERBE Y ATTORNEY Aug. 20, 1935. ,Y R. R. ERBE MULTIPLE PLAYING PHONOGRAPH Filed sept. 25.1-1929 '7 sheets-sheet 2 INVENTOR RALPH R, :Re

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ATTORNEY Aug. 20, 1935.

R. R. ERBE MULTIPLE PLAYING PHONOGRAPH Filed Sept. 25, 1929 7 Sheets-Sheet 5 FIG. 3

INVENTOR RALPH R. ERBE' Aug. 2 0, 1935. R. R. ERBE! MULTIPLE PLAYIG PHONOG'RAPH I Filed sept. 25, 1929 7 sheets-sheet 4' INVENToR j RALPH R. ERBE Aug. 20, 1935.

'7 Sheets-Sheet 5 Filed Sept.- 25, 1929 16o/E INVENToR 1, RALPHy R ERBE.

Aug. 20, 1935. R. R. ERBE 2,012,185

MULTIPLE PLAYING PHONOGRAPH v Filed sept. 25, 1929 7 sheets-sheet e INVENTOR RALPH R. ERBE.

Aug. 2o, 1935. RR. ERBE '2,012,185

` MULTIPLE PLAYING PHONOGRAPH Y Filed slept 25, 1929' '7 sheets-sheet 7 FIGJ INVENTOR RALPH R. :Rax-1 'Patented Aug. 2o, 193s UNlTED STATES aoiaiss MULTIPLE `PLAYING PHONOGRAPH Ralph R. Erbe, Bridgeport, Conn., assgnor', by i mesne assignments, to The Capehart Corporation, Fort Wayne, Ind., a corporation of Indiana.

. Application September 25, 1929, Serial No. 394,981

32 Claims. (Cl. 274-10) This invention relates to new and useful improvements in reproducing means and methods,

multiple playing phonograph or talking machine being a continuation in part of Patent No.

1,872,706, issued August 23, 1932, application for which wasiled April 16, 1928 and Patent. No.

1,872,707, issued August 23, 1932, application for which was led April 26, 1929.

An object is to provide a reproducing machine for automatically playing a. plurality of records of various sizes' irrespective of the manner in which, or the means by which, they are fed to the machine.

Another object is to provide a reproducing.

machine including a single set of means for removing records of various sizes from a reservoir, placing said records in playing position, and returning them to the reservoir after theyhave been played.

Another object is to provide a phonograph or reproducing machine adapted to play a plurality of records one at a'v time and including means for reversing lthe rposition of a record on the turntable after one side has been played to immediately present the other side for playing.

A further object is to provide a phonograph adapted to play a plurality of records one at a time, and including means to reverse the position 'of the record on the'turntable after one side of the record has been played, to present the other side for playing, andy including means for rendering the reversing means inoperative.

an additional object is to provide a phonograph adapted to play a plurality of records and including means to feed the records one at a time to playing position, reverse the record in its playmg position after one side has been played, to present the other side for playing, and to return the played record to the magazine with its sides in their original relative position in the magazine.

Another object is to provide-a phonograph adapted to play a plurality of records of various sizes one at a time, and to reverse the records irrespective of their sizes while in playing position after one .side has been `played whereby to present the other side for playing.

A further object is to provide a machine for with the sides in their original position when l' both sides have been played. Yet another object is to provide an automatic phonograph including a record ro ting means,

anism;

a record reservoir for holding a plurality, of rec` ords, a reproducing means to co-operate with the record, on said rotating means, means'to transfer a record from the rotating means to the reservoir, and means to move into the path of movement of the record being returned to the reservoir, to cause it to slide back onto the rotating means in reversed position.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, as will become more apparent as the description proceeds, the invention includes certain novel features of construction, combination and .arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more particularly described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings and the follow.- ing description, the vinvention is described in de'- tail in one embodiment. However, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosure and that changes in construction, combination, and arrangement of parts may well be made within the spirit and scope of the appended claims to which reference must be had for a definition of the limitations of the-invention. v

In the drawingsz- Figure 1 is a side elevational View showing the assembled machine;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same;

Fig. 3 is a front elevational view of the upper part of the mechanism;

Fig. 4 is a front elevational view of the lower. portion of the mechanism;

Fig. 5 is a. perspective view of the upper portion of the mechanism shown in the act of reversing a record;

Fig. 6 is a detailed sectional view on the line 6-6 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 7 is a vertical sectional view through the record reservoir or'magazine showing the location of records therein;

Fig. 8 is a top plan view of the` operating mechanism with the supporting vplate and top structure removed;

Fig. 9 is a view on the line 9-9 Fig. 8 looking in the direction indicated by the arrows;

Fig. 10 is a detail of the clutch operating mech Fig. 11 is a face view showing the two 'side-f'. track of the main operating-cam;

Fig. 12 is a sectional view of the cam showing theassociated parts forming part of the reversing mechanism;

Fig. l13 is an elevational view of the parts shown in Fig. 12;-

Fig. 14 is a detailed view looking from the rightin,Fig. 12; v

device showing the circuit closing and stylus feeding means carried thereby;

Fig. 16 is a front elevationalview of the same.;

Fig. 15 is a bottom plan `viewoi? the pick-upv Fig. 19 'is an elevational view of the ilxed cam.

carried on the supporting plate yfor operating the stylus feeding mechanism; and i Fig. 20 is a wiring diagram.

Referring .in detail to the drawings at 26 is shown a base or supporting plate having depending bearing portions on which various parts of the mechanism are mounted. Disposed on a support 2| below the base .or plate 26 is an electrical motor 22 to which currentis supplied from any suitable source through the wires or conductors 23. This motor, either by direct drive or thrugh gearing if desired, drives the vertically extending spindle 24 which extends upwardly through the base or plate 20 and carries at the upper side of said plate a turntable or other record support 25. It will beobvious that since the spindle is an integral shaft, the turntable 25 will be driven as long as the motor 22 is in. operation.

A reproducer or pick-up 26 is used for 'taking the recorded matter from the records supplied Ato the turntable 2'5. This pick-up is pivotany mounted for movement in a vertical plane, on screws or other bearing means 21 carried by the arms 28` of a pick-up supporting arm 29. Arm 29 is mounted for movement in a horizontal plane over the record and when the stylus 30 of the pick-up 26 has been brought into engagement with a record, the pick-up and arm` 29 are fed across the record by contact of the stylus with the record groove. Means are provided for elevating l the stylus. and swinging the tone arm to position the stylus for engagement with the beginning of a record, and this means -will laterbe described in detail.

. of the flange 39.

Means are. provided for supporting a plurality of records, and for feeding them one at a. time to the turntable 25. This means includes a bracket 3| secured to the base or plate 20 as by screws 32 and the bracket has a pair of V'upwardly curved space arms 33 connected and braced by a web portion 34 spaced above the base portion 35 of the bracket. At their upper ends the arms 33 are enlarged and 'provide bearings 36 for short shafts or studs 31 of a, recordlmagazlne or reservoir 38. The reservoir or rack 38 -is pivoted in the bearings 36 for Ia swinging movement between the solid line position. and the dotted line position shown in Fig. 1.

'I'he reservoir 38 is of a size to receive records of various diameters, the most common Vsize records at the present time being those in the neighborhood of a diameter of 10 and those having a diameter of approximately 12'-. v

.Magazine 38 includes a forwardly projecting iiange 39, back portion 49 and a lower cross bar 4| connecting the lower ends of the side portions A sectional view of the cross bar 4| is shown in Figs. 6 and 7, and it will be apparent that this bar is an angle bar having a substantially horizontal portion 42 and a substantially vertical portion 43. Carried by the cross bar 4| at points equally spaced from its center, are a pair of forwardly projecting pins 44 and Formed on or secured to the back 4U of the reservoir 36 are pairs of ribs 41 and 48. 'I'he rear record of those in the rack,will have its upper.

portion in engagement with the ribs 48 when the records are stored. These ribs 41 function in the transfer of a record from the rack to the turntable 25 as will be later more fully described.

Means are provided for transferring records one at a time from the rack or magazine 38 to the turntable. The rst step in this operation is the separating of a record from the stack of records. This requires the co-operation of the motor. A pair of clutch elements 49 and 50 are disposed about the vertical turntable spindle `24, and while the clutch element 49 is keyed toethe spindle to turn with it, the clutch element .50 is free on the spindle, and normally remains stationary while the spindle revolves in it.

These clutch elements are held disengaged by the weighted end 5| of a lever 52 pivoted to the bracketv 53 of plate or base 20, as at 54. The opposite end of lever 52 includes a yoke portion 5 having a pair of fingers or pins 56 disposed in a groove 51 of the clutch element 49. Lever 52 at its end 5| carries the core of a solenoid coil 58 which when energized attracts the core, rocking lever 52 about its pivot 54 and moving clutch element 49 into clutching engagement with clutch element 50.v

When the coil 58 is deenergized, the weighted end 5| of lever 52 moves downwardly, the lever turning about its pivot and moving clutch element 49 upwardly out of clutching engagement with clutch element 50. With the clutch elements 49 and 50 in engagement, the coil 58 being energized, clutch element 50 is driven by the motor 22 and carries with it the worm 59 which .in turn meshes with a worm wheel 60 secured to turn a cam and driven shaft 6|.

Secured to the shaft 6| is a large cam 62 having inits sides cam-tracks or grooves to be described, and having on its periphery a cam 63 for operating a mechanism to chop or remove a record from the magazine38. A reversedly curved lever 64 is pivoted intermediate its ends as at 65. to a depending bracket 66 carried by the plate or base 20. At one end lever 64 carries a roller 61 for engagement with the periphery of the: cam wheel 62 and cam 63 when it is desired to feed a record from the rack 38 to the turntable 25.

The opposite end of lever 64 is pivotally connected to an upright rod 68 passing through the base or plate 20 and through a guide means 69 secured to the upper side of the said/"base or plate. r`.At its upper end the rod 68 is bent forwardly and its forward portion 10 passes through an elongated opening 1| in a knife or chopping lever 12. This lever 12 is pivoted intermediate One end of the lever 12 (see Fig. 3) extendsv between the supporting pins 44 and 45, and this v end 14 of the lever lies close against the vertical portion 43 of the angle bar 4I. The rear surface of the portion 14 vof lever 12 inclines downwardly as best shown in Fig. 6, and the central portion 0f the vertical part 43 of cross bar 4| is scooped out or cut away as clearly shown in Fig. 3. The last record of a group of records in the magazine rests on the portion 14 of lever 12, the rear of the lower edge portion of this record being in engagement with the vertical portion of the cross bar. v

Now, when the cam 63 strikes theroller 61, lever 64 will be rocked on its pivot 65 drawing downwardly on the rod or upright 68, rocking lever 12 about its pivot 13 to elevate the end portion 14 of lever 12. This operation of course:

elevates the last record in\ the rack, and owing to the incline of the rear of knife portion 14 and the cut-away portion. of bar 4|, thel record slides upper end, the member 18 is pivotally connected as at 80 to a lever 8| secured at its upper end to a shaft 82 supported by brackets depending from the lower side of the plate 20. Also secured to the shaft 82 is a segmental gear 84 spaced along the shaft from the lever 8| andhaving teeth 85 in mesh with a segmental gear 86 formed on the underside of a rearwardly extending tongue or projection 81 of a'record carrying and guiding means or pan 88.

This pan 88 (see Fig. 2) 1s pivotally mounted on brackets 89 projecting upwardly from the plate 20, and is adapted to be swung on said pivotal mounting through an arc from the full line position of Fig. 1 to a dotted line position surrounding and below the turntable 25. When a record has been removed from the group and is resting on the pad l15, the rearwardly extending tongue portion 81 of pan 88 is disposed below these pads, the pan 88` being in the full line position of Fig. 1. As the pan swings downwardly on its pivot 89 toward the dotted line position, the tongue or extension 81 swinging upwardly between the pads 15, engages the lower edge of the record and elevates it.-

As the pan.88 moves downwardly, the rack 38 is swung in the bearings 36 through an arc from the full line position `of Fig. 1 to a position below the turntable when a new record is being fed to the turntable. For the purpose of swinging the rack through this arc, the cam 62 is provided with a cam groove 90 in which operates a pin 9| slidably mounted in .a block or enlarged portion 92 of a slidable beam 93.. When the pin 9| is in the groove 90, the device is operating to supply a record to the turntable.

Movement of the cam produces a sliding movement of thebeam 9|, the beam having a slot 94 through which the shaft 6|v passes. At its upper end thebeam 93 is pivotally connected as at 94 to one arm of a bell-crank lever 95 pivoted as at 96 on the bracket 91 depending from the plate 20. The opposite end or arm of bell-crank 95 is pivotally connected as at 98 to a link 99 pivotally connected at its upper end to a bracket ,|00 rigidly secured to the rack or magazine 38 as by screws or rivets |0|. It will be apparent that the bracket |00 is' disposed on the rack 38 rack 39 from its full line position of Fig. ,'1 to its dotted line position of that ligure. e

The rack 38 is, of course, swung on its pivot aftera record has been chopped out of the rack and afterthe tongue or extension 81 of pan l08 has engaged and elevated the record from the,

pads 15. The rear portion or back 40 of the rack 38' flares' outwardly as at |82, and the upper portion of the recordbeing moved is. of course, in contact with the back of the rack.

Now. as the pan'88 moves downwardly on its pivots. the record slides forwardly on the pan,

A and movement of the rack 38 assists in the initial forward movement of the record and maintains one edge of the record elevated and the other edge extending# through the pan, engagese and slides across the surface ofthe turntable.

The turntable is revolving but the record is held from lateral movement due to th revolving of the turntable, owing to the fact that the edge 4of the record is inengagement with the inner edge of the pan. Y

'-Ifa 10 record or a record of small diameter is being placed on the turntable, its forward edge will engage against the vertical wall |03 gradually lowered (as the flared portion |02 moves from under the record) into position, the front edge of the record being engaged and stopped by the wall |03 of the pan, the record is let Adown properly centered on the turntable. k

,By way of explanation it may be noted that the edge of the record comes into engagement with the turntable on the opposite side of the center pin from that atr which the reservoir or rack 38 is located. Further, the turntable is covered with some smooth surface material as bakelite in'order that there will be no difficulty in sliding the record across it. This material gives suilicient traction and the record does not slip on it when in-playing position.

'I'he pan 88 is designed to accommodate different sized records, and with this in view, includes a portion |04 in one plane and having a central opening defined by the line |05 which, it will be apparent from Fig. 2, is of slightly greater diameter than the diameter of the turntable. The turntable is of less diameter than the diameter of the smallest record to be played.

The arc defined-by the wall |03 is struck on a radius equal tothe radius of a small diameter record.

When records of larger diameter Yare. to be ameter, and as the rack 38 swings back into the full line position of Fig. l, the record of large diameter is let down onto the turntable properly centered.

After the record Vis positioned on the turn-- table, the arm 29 is swung to position the stylus 30 at the beginning of therecord. As'will later ,be explained in detail, at the end of a record this arm 29 is elevated and swung to position the pick-up or sound box 26 as shown in dotted.

lines in Fig. 2. The elevating means for this.

purpose comprises a cam |01 (see FigsA-and 9i having a notch or depressed portion, in which the lower end of an extension ||0 of va rod -or shaft |'I ,attached to or. formed with the lower end of the arm rests.

Cam |01 is eccentric and tapers downwardly around its surface from the high point |2 to the point |.|3. Disposed about the shaft isa collar Ill between the -upper flange ||6 of which, and the-plate 20, is disposed a. coil spring ||6. The coil spring surrounds the shaft and obviously will be compressed ori. the collar ||4 being elevated. A second collar ||1 surrounds the extension and is keyed to turn with it, but' is slidable along the extension. A

. light coil spring ||8 is disposed between the vcontact with the cam.

After the rod ||9 has been moved outwardly a" cluding a horizontal portion |20 and a depending portion |2|. Extending i-n substantially the opposite direction to rod ||9 is a rod |22 also rigid with the collar ||1, and including a substantially horizontal portion |23 and an upstanding portion |24. Secured on the shaft 6| adjacent the cam |01 is a second cam |25 including an arcuate portion |26, an upstanding arm 21 and a lateral ange or wing |28.. IThe portion forming the arm |21 and wing |28 (see Fig. 9) is obviously securedto the arcuate portion as by screws |29.

On the upper end o the upright arm |24 of bent rod |22 is secured a weight or block |30 having a conical upper portion |3|. Rod |22 extends upwardly beyond the block |30 into a position to engage with the long arm |32 of a .ever |33 pivoted as at |34.- A flat spring |35 has one of its ends `'secured by the pivot |34 and its other end engages over a pin |36 carried by the arm |32. The normal tendency of this spring is to swing the lever |33 about the pivot and bring the short arm |31 of the lever into engagement with a stop-screw |38.

Assuming that the clutch elements 49 and' 50 have been brought into engagement, shaft 6| will be driven as previously described, and the first part of its movement, cam |01 will cause the extension 0 ofshaft to ride upwardly out of the notch |08 compressing the springs and ||8. As extension 0 reaches the high point 2 of the cam, the pick-up' and stylus have, of course, been so elevated that the stylus is no longer in contact with the record.

At this time arm |21 also turning with the shaft 6|, engages the substantially horizontal portion |20 of rod ||9 forcing the rod to move in an arc, the center of which is the extension H0.' This movement of the rod is of course transmitted by collar 1, extension ||0, and shaft Ill to the pick-up arm swinging the pickup to a position beyond the edge of the record `and into the dotted line position of Fig. 2. Spring ||6 being lcompressed, frictionally resists this movement and prevents the arm 28 from being thrown outward with a sudden uncontrolled movement, and results in the arm being given a steady outward movement by continual predetermined distance, it of course moves out of the range ofthe arm |21. At this point vrod H9 'will be engaged by the arcuate surface |26, which will serve to hold the rod in its outermost position during the time it is in contact with surface |26. It of course, will be understood that the cams are continually turning, and when the end of. surface |26 is reached, the wing or lateral portion I28-will engage the vertical portion |2| of rod H9, and gradually permit this `rocl to swing back towards its normal position as it moves outwardly toward the free end of portion |28. During this latter movement the arm 29 is of course swinging inwardly to bring the pick-up to the beginning of the record.

'starting position at the edge of the record. While the arm is being swung outwardly as previously described, rod |22 is of course being moved with the collar ||1. Due to engagement of vthe block |30 |on the upper portion of the verticalarm |24 movement of the pick-up arm. This spring then Aresists the outward movementfand as soon as the cams reach a position where the wing |28 is -of the rod |22, with the'arm |32 of lever |33, Y spring |35 is being compressed on the outward in engagement with rod H9, spring 35 starts the return movement of the pick-up arm.

As previously stated, cam |01 is eccentric and the pick-up arm starts to descend immediately after it reaches the high point |2. This, of course, lessens the tension on the spring i6, and makes it .easy for the spring |35 to swingl the arm in. However, by the time extension ||0 is at'the point ||3, the pick-up is at the edge of the record. Rod ||2 has of course, moved upwardly with the collar ||1 so that the arm |32 comes into engagement with the cone portion |3| of the block |30 during the inward movement of the pick-up arm.

Means are provided for engaging the edge of v the record on the turntable to limit the inward the irod |32, and through to the pick-up arm, .is

discontinued shortly after the stop means on the pick-up engages the edge of the record.

The stop for engaging the edge of the record and limiting the inward movement of the pick-up, under the influence of spring |35, is shown in detail lin Figs. 14, and 16. This means includes a pivoted stop piece or wing |39 secured to a shaft |40 journaled at the underside of the pick-up 23. At its outer end shaft |4|i carries a pinion |4| meshing with the teeth of an arcuate -rack |42. For the purpose of actuating these parts, a housing' |43 is provided at the slide of, and carried by,

u the pick-up, the housing including a cover por-l tion |44. Rack |42 is .formed at the end of a lever |45 disposed within the housing |43 and pivoted at |46. Stop pins |48 limit the movement of lever |45 on its pvot |46, and the lver is normally maintained in engagement with stop pin |48 by means of a light coil spring |48. Lever '|45 has an extensionr |50 adapted to engage a finger |5| carried b'y one arm of the yoke 28 of the pick-up arm or support |28 during the operation of the device. As will be apparent from Fig.. 15, the housing |43 is secured to the pick-up 26 as by screws |52 passing through the nange or bearing portion |53 formed within the housing.

It will be apparent that when the cam |01 acts toelevate the pick-up arm 20, the pick-up will swingA about its pivots 21 and bring theextenslon |60 of lever |45 intoengagement with the linger |5 This results in movement of the lever |46 abouts its pivot against the action of spring |48,

and results in a partial rotation of the pinion |4| to move shaft |40, and rock the stop |33 from its position against the bottom of the pick-upA as shown in Figs. 15 and 17, to the depending position shown in Fig. 16. In this latter position, the

ord |54 the extension |||i has reached the point wardly into the notch |09, the pick-up is lowered A to bring the stylus into engagement with the record, pivoting the pick-up on its pivot21 as the stylus'engages the record, resulting in moving the extension |50 away from finger |5| and permitting the spring |49 to rock the lever |45 on its pivot, resulting in a rotation of the pinion |4| and shaft |48 and the swinging of the stop into a fiat position against the bottom of the pick-up as shown in Figs. l5 and 17.

Pivotally mounted as at |55 is an L-shaped lever having a substantially vertical arm |56 and a sub- 'l the record, should it be' lowered from the outer edge of the record, and not into the first terminal groove, the weighted lever attempting t0 rock l about i`;s pivot |55will give the pick-up aslightly inward movement to bring the stylus into engage- `ment with the first record groove.

It will, of course, be understood that when the extension ||0 descends into notch |09 of cam |01 from the point ||3, the cone portion |3| of block |30 has moved out of engagement with the arm |32, and that the pick-up is no longer infiuenced by the spring |35.

Disposed within the housing |43 is a switch means including a fixed contact member |6|, and a movable contact member |62. ble contact member |62 carries a small brush |63, and this brush feeds along in the record groove in the wake of the stylus. When the stylus reaches the inner end ofthe record, it has no' further lateral movement, and the brush following along in the groove of the record, brings the contact point of member |62 intoengagement with the contact point of member |6I, closing a circuit to the solenoid coil 58. This results in the coupling of the clutching members 49 and 50.

As soon as the cam |01 acts to elevate the'pickup arm, the brush and stylus are moved out of engagement with the record, and the contacts 6I and |62 spring apart. To prevent the coil 58 from being de-energized by this action of contacts |6| and |62. a switch is provided comprising a fixed contact |64 and a movable spring contact |65. As the collar |I1 is movedppwardly, contact |65 moves to engage contact |64 and maintain the circuit to thesolenoid. When the operated by the pin 11 in the cam groove 16 to rock the pan88 from the position shown in Fig..2 to the `solid Vline position shown in Fig.' 1. In its upward movement the pan takes the played recordolf the turntable bylifting it on the surface |04 if it is a 10" record, or lifting it on vthe surface |06 if it is a. 12" record. It will be apparent that in its full line position.. (Fig. 1), the pan 88 is tilting rearwardly, and the record it has taken.

The mova` |15 to move the cam |1| in movement at its lower edge by the pad- 12a on sthe upright 15b.

Means arev provided for reversing a record fore the record is returned'to vthe group. To this end a gear |66 is secured to shaft 6|, and meshes with a larger gear |81 secured on a short shaft |68. The relationship between gears |86 and |61 is such that vgear |66 makes two complete revolutions for each complete revolution of gear |61. Shaft |68 is rotatably mounted in` the frame pieces |69 and |10.

Slidably mounted on one end of the shaft 68 is a cam |1| having a sleeve |12 provided with a groove |13 in which engage pins |14 carried by the lower yoked end of a lever |15.. At its upper end this lever is secured to a rod or shaft |16 extending forwardly of the machine, and having secured to its forward end a lever |11 arranged substantially at right angles to the lever |15. Pivotally mounted by the plate 20 is a hand-piece |18 adapted to be swung from one side to the other of a slot |19 to rock the reversing mechanism into or out of operation.

With this hand-piece in the position shown in Figs. 2 and 4, the reversing means will operate.

When the lever |18 is swung on its pivot to the opposite side of the slot |19, it depresses lever |11 against the action of spring |80, moving the cam |1| along shaft |68 in the directionof bracket |10. With the lever |18 in the position shown, the spring has rocked the levers |11 and from bracket |10.

Now, when the clutching elements 49 and 50 are engaged, and the shaft 6| rotated, shaft |68 will likewise be rotated owing to the meshing of gears |66 and |61. lDuring the first complete revolution of shaft 6|, a new recordwill be fed to the turntable as previously described. However, during the second rotation of the shaft 6|, that is,vwhen a record has been played on one a direction away side, and pan 88 is moving to return the record to the magazine, the cam |1| will be rotated to a position to engage and swing outwardly a lever |19 depending from a short shaft |80.

As the lever |19 moves outwardly, it imparts to the shaft |80 a partial rotation. Pivotally secured to a bracket |8|on the shaft |80 is a rod |82 slidable through a housing |83. At its forward end, rod 82 is pivotally connected to an arm |84 of a member |85 including a gear segment |86. This gear segment is in mesh with a pinion |81 secured on a shaft |88 extending through the plate 20 and cut away at opposite sides at its -upper end to provide a lug |89 (see Fig.,3).

As rod |82 is pulled, it rotates the member |85 against the action of a spring |90 to rotate thepinion |81 and shaft |88. Also the member |85 carries a finger piece |9| which, when the memvber is rotated, engages an arm |92 secured to the lower end of the rod 68. As member |92 is Y.

moved by engagement of the finger |9| therewith. rod 68 will be rocked carrying with it the reversedly curved lever 64. As shown in Fig. 8'

this rod is slidably mounted on its pivot-65 (Fig. 1) and heldin normal position by a coil spring |93. Thus the lever may be caused to slide laterally on its pivot on compressing thisspring.

vSuch movement of the lever will carry the roller 61 out of the path of the cam 63 so that the knife \the pan |88.

like member |99 Above the plate 20 the stud portion |89 of the'7 shaft |88 enters a notch in the lower end of a stud 84 journaled in a bearing |95. -To the upper end of the stud |94 is secured an arm |96 offset downwardly, and at its free end carrying a reversing member |98 including a flexible platelike portion |99 and a spring frame member 200 connected with the member |99 as at 20|, and also by the spring piece 202. At its lower end, the frame-like member 200 is free of the plateand normally sets forwardU- thereof.

When the member |85 is rotated as previously described,'and rotates the pinion |81 and shaft |88, the reversing member |98 will be swung from a position to one side of the magazine as shown inFig. 3 to a position in front of the magazine in which position it slopes rearwardly asshown in Fig. 5. Now, as the-pan 88 acts to return a record to the magazine, the record will be disposed against the member |98, which will cause it to slide back onto the turntable in reversed position as suggested in Fig. 5, owing to the fact 4that it cannot enter the magazine. It is assisted in its sliding action by the lowering movement of Owing to its construction and mounting, the frame member 200 is resilient, and

l as the record is placed against it, is compressed but prevents the record from getting onto the pins 44 and 45.

After the record has been returned to the turntable in reversed position, the reversing member |98 is swung back to its original or normal position 'at the side of the magazine. This maybe accomplished to some extent by the spring |90, but positive means areals provided for this purpose. To this end the cam |1| is equipped with a shoe 203 which engages over a roller 204 on lever |19, and draws the lever inwardly to the innermost dotted line position shown in Fig. 13, thus rocking the shaft |80 and projecting the rod |82 to swing the parts back into the position shown in Fig. 8. In this figure it will be seen that the Ilgid curved lever 64 is in a position to be engaged by the cam 63 on the periphery of the large cam 62.

- When the cam |1.| begins to revolve to move the arm or lever |19, a pin 205 carried by the cam engages an upright 206 on a part 201 movable with, and relative to the beam 93. As the pin 205 hits the upright 206, it slides the bar 201 in the bearings 208 and 209, rocking the cross-head 2|0 to withdraw pin-9| from cam groove 90, and to move pin 2| into cam groove 2|2. On the reverse movement of the cam, that is, when the shoe 203 has engaged the roller 204 and is returning the parts to their normal position, a finger 2I3 also on the cam arrangement |1| engages. a roller 2| 4 carried by the bar 201 to retract finger 2|| from the groove 2|2, and to move nger 9| into groove 92.

It will be noted that the cam groove 2 I2 is much shorter than the cam groove 90. Cam groove 2| 2,

of course, serves to swing the magazine or rack 38 to assist in placing a record on the turntable in reversed position. The difference in the' size of the cam grooves results from the fact that when a newrecord is being placed on the turntable, the magazine must move a distance such that the record will be carried from the pads or bumpers 15 into playing position, whereas when the record is being reversed the record is moved only a distance from the front of the rack, r, more particularly, from the front of the reing member |98 to playing position. Therefore, it will be readily apparent that the racl:l must move a greater distance when a new record is being supplied.

After finger 2|3 has moved the slide bar 201 so as to position ngers 9| and 2| I as shown in Fig. 12, it will be apparent that the parts will next act to return the played record to the machine and to disc, and the movement of the magazine carryingl with it the member |98, the record slides downwardly presenting for playing the side which was previously on the turntable. Owing to the particular connection between the shaft |88 and stud |94, the stud and reversing member |98 are free to move outwardly with the rack when it is tilted. However, during this outward movement the stud is locked against rotation in the bearing (see Fig. 2) 'by means of a latch member 2|5 having a latching finger 2|6 passing through the bearing |95. V i

This latching member is pivoted as at 2 I1, and is normally urged -into operative position by spring 2I8. The latch is' held out of operation owing to engagement of its free end 2 9 with the bearing block 89 when the frame or rack 38 is in normal position. However, when the rack moves or is swung outwardly, end 2|9 is removed .from the bearing block: 89, and spring 2 |8 acts to move finger 2|6 inwardly to lock the stud |94 against movement relative to the bearing |95 so that when the magazine moves back to normal position, the stud |94 will be properly coupled with the shaft |88.

The circuit is shown in Fig. '19. Current from the line' 220 is passed through the instrument on the closing of the switch 22|. no circuit to the solenoid coil 58 until the record feeding the brush |63 moves the contact member |62 into engagement with the contact member |6|. Now there is a circuit through wire 222, wire 222a, through the contactsA |62 and IBI to Wire 223 to the coil "58. By the time contacts |6| and |62 move apart, contacts |64 and |65' are en- When for any reason a recordv has been fed to the turntable, and the operator does not wish to hear the record, but wishes to hear some other' record, he closesthe circuit to the solenoid 58 by operating the push-button or switch 226 to close the circuit at that point. The circuit would then be from wire 22| to Wire 222- through switch 226 to wire 223 to the solenoid coil 58. The machine would then go through the -operation of returning the unplayed record t'o the' stack, or reversing it as the case'may be, and if the unplayed record is returned'4 tothe stack, a new record would placed on the turntable.'

Means are provided whereby the machine, ir. lieu of the ordinary stylus, employs `a length of wire which is fed forward as it is worn away. This means is attached to the bottom of the pick- Ho'wever, there is up 2S, and includes a wire 221 which may be coiled Within the housing 228 and which extends under a gripping cam 229, under a feeding member 230, and through the stylus holder 23| of the pick-up.

A gauge 232 is utilized to limit the length of the wire which projects fromthe stylus holder 23|. On depression of the leverA 233, member 230 1s rocked against the tension of spring 234, and at ment. When this member or element is elevated by the lever 233, the wire tends to straighten, and cam 22B preventing backward movement, the wire moves outwardly through the stylus holder until it comes into contact with the gauge 232. A

Means are provided for automatically operating the lever 233, and to this end a cam element 236 is rigidly mounted on the plate 20 in av position to be engaged by the lever when the pick-up 26 is swung to inoperative position as shown in Fig. 5, and also as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2. As the pick-up rides upthe cam surface 231, lever 233 is depressed, operating to feed and gage the wire as described.

It may sometimes happen that when the circuit coil 58 is brolren the core will stick and fail to descend to rock lever 52 and move clutch element 49 out of engagement with clutch element 50. means are provided for positively moving the clutch element 49. This means includes a lever 238 pivotally secured intermediate its ends to the clutcheleinent 49, one end of the lever being weighted as at 239 and the other end being provided with la flat spring 240 engaging the pivoted portion of lever 52.

On shaft 6| is a finger or cam element 24| comprising sections 242 and 243 secured. by screws 244. The section 243 carries the iinger 245. When shaft 6I has made a complete revolution finger 245 strikes the weighted end of lever 238 forcing the lever4 upwardly and moving clutch element 49v out of engagement with element 50. As' shown (Fig. 7) the spring 240 is secured as by screws 246 and an adjusting screw 241 is provided Whereby the location of the weighted end of lever 231 relative to cam element 24| may be regulated.

The means just described for separating the clutch elements is a safety device. Ordinarily the clutch elements are separated by the action of a coil spring 248 on oneend of a lever 249 rigidly secured to the pivot shaft 5 4 o f lever 52.

A/f/Having thus described the invention, what is claimed isz- 1. In a machine of thecharacter described, turntable, a rack adjacent lthereto for supporting a'supply group of records, an oscillatory carrier operable between the rack and turntable, means. for-delivering records one at a time from one side of the group of records to the carrier for placement thereby on the turntable, means automatically operable incident to the completion of the playing of one side of a record for causingthe carrier to remove the record from' the turntable and means cooperating with said carrier for disposing said record in position to immediately slide back directly onto the turntable with its sides reversed. d

2l In an automaticlphonograph, a turntable,

To take care of this situation mechanicalv a reservoir in which a plurality of records are adapted to be supported one against the other, a main operating shaft, means operable by said shaft for causing records to slide from said reservoir to said turntable, and co-operating means operable from said shaft and adapted 4to reverse the position of the record on the turntable after one side has been played to immediately present the other side for playing, vand one of said cooperating means serving to remove records from saidturntable and restore them to said reservoir, each record. being again reversed during transfer from the turntable to the reservoir for next presenting its original side for reproduction. l

3. In an automatic phonograph, in combination, a horizontally disposed turntable xed longitudinally of its center, a reservoir adapted to hold a plurality of records supported one against the other, means for transferring a record from the-reservoirfor placement in playing position on the turntable, and means operating to loosely engage the record without gripping for reversing its position on the turntableafter one of its sides has been played to immediately present the other side for playing before replacement in the reservoir.

4. In an automatic phonograph, a turntable, a reservoir adapted to hold a group of records, mechanism for transferring a record from the reservoir to playing position on the turntable, said mechanism including means operating after one side'of the record has been played to elevate the record and means for arresting the record in a position to slide back onto the turntable in reversed position.

5. In an automatic phonograph, a turntable; a reservoir adapted to hold a group of records, mechanism. fory transferring a record from the reservoir for placement in playing position on the turntable, said mechanism including means operating after one side of the record-has been played to elevate the record .and means for arl table after having been played and returningit to the magazine.

7. In an automatic phonograph, in coinbination, a horizontally disposed turntable, a reservoir adapted to hold a group cf'records of various sizes irrespective 4of their arrangement in the group, said reservoir supporting the records on one side of ther turntable supported, one against the other, and mechanism for successively feeding said records from cne side' of the.

group into operative position upon the turntable. irrespective of their size, said mechanism vinclud-- ing means for removing the' record fromthe turntable after it has been played and returning it to theother side of the group.

8. In an automatic phonograph, in combination, a horizontally disposed turntable, a reservoir adapted to' hold a pluralityof records of various sizes supported cne against the other, mechanism for causing said records'to slide successively into reproducing position on the turntable irrespective of their size, and meanse to reverse the position of the record on the turntable after one side has been played to'immediately present the other side for playing, said mechanism including meansto lreturn the record to the magazine after both sides have been played. 9. In an automatic phonograph, in combination, a turntable, a magazine adapted to hold a plurality of records of various sizes,..means for causing said records to slide from the magazine to playing position on the turntable, irre- ,spective of the size of the records, said means including means for guiding the record in its sliding movement, and said guiding means being operable after one side of the record has been played for returning the record to the magazine.

10. In an automatic phonograph, in combination, a turntable, a reservoir adapted to hold a plurality of records, mechanism for feeding the records from' the reservoir one at a time into operative position on the turntable, optionally operable means actuated during the operation of the machine to automatically reverse the position of a record on the turntable after one side of the record has been played without returning it to the reservoir whereby to immediately present the other side for playing, said mechanism'including means for returning the record from the turntable to the reservoir with its sides reversed when but one side has been played, or with its sides in their original position when both sides have been played.

11. In an automatic phonograph, in combination, a turntable, a reservoir for holding a plurality of records of various diameters, mechanism for feeding the records of various diameters one at a time to the turntable irrespective of their diameters, and optionally operable means to immediately reverse the position of the record on the turntable after one side has been played whereby to immediately present the other side for playing, said mechanism including means for returning the played record to the reservoir with its sides reversed when but one side has been played or with its sides in their original relative positions occupied when rst placed-in the reservoir when both sides have been played.

12. In an automatic phonograph, in combination, a turntable, a record reservoir for holding a plurality of records, mechanism for feedingl records from the reservoir to the turntable including means for transfering a record from the turntable to the reservoir after one side of i, the record has been played, and means automatically movable into the path of movement of the record being returned to the reservoir to cause the record to return to the turntable in reversed position.

13. In an automatic phonograph, in combination, a turntable, a movable record reservoir for holding a plurality of records, mechanism for feeding records from the reservoir to the turnltable, including means for transferring a record for shifting said various sized records irrespective of the size thereof from the group to the turntable and from the turntable to the group.

15. In combinationA with a phonograph for playing disk records, a horizontally disposed turntable fixed longitudinally of its center of rotation," a reservoir for supporting a plurality 'of records of varying sizes supported oneagainst `the group and placing it on said turntable and after reproduction thereof, removing the record, from the turntable and means associated with said carrier for causing said record to immediately slide directly baci-:onto the turntable with its sides reversed.

17. In a machine of the character described, a turntable, a group of records supported one against the other on one side of said turntable,

an oscillatory carrier ope'rable between said records and turntable for receiving a record from the group and placing it on said turntable and after .reproduction thereof, removing the record from the turntable and means associated with said carrier for causing said record to immediately slide directly back onto the turntable with its sides reversed, and after the playing of the reverse side thereof, return said record tothe group. 1 Y 18. In a machine of the character described, a turntable, a group of records supported adjacent thereto, an loscillatory carrier operable between said records and turntable for receiving al record from one side of the group of records for placement thereof on theturntable for reproduction, said carrier being automatically operable incident to the completion of the reproduction of said record to remove the same from the turntable, and means associated with said carrier for reversing the lrecord thereon for replacement bysaid carrier upon the turntable in reverse position," said carrier being actuated thereafter upon th'reproduction oi the reverse side of the record to return the record to the other side of the group.

19. In an automatic phonograph, in combination, a turntable, a record reservoir for holding a plurality of records, means for transferring records fromthe reservoir to the turntable and from the turntable back to the-reservoir after one side of the record has been played, and optionally operable means automatically movable into the path of movement of the record being returned to the reservoir for causing it to return to the turntable in reversed playing position. ,l

20. In combination with a phonograph including a turntable, a frame mounted at the side of the turntable, and means for lifting a record from the turntable, dropping it against said frame and guiding it back onto the turntable in a reversed position to that previously occupied by it.

21. In combination with a phonograph including a turntable, a sliding and guiding means disposed at the side of the turntable, and means for lifting a record from the turntable and disposing its obverse side against said sliding and guiding means whereby the record slides back onto the turntable with its reverse side disposed upwardly.

22. Incombination with a phonograph including a record carrying turntable, a pair of converging arms vertically disposed at theside of the turntable, a ring disposed about the vturntable in a position to engage the edges of the record and lift the record off theturntable, means to swing the ring upwardly to dispose the record with its obverse side against said converging arms, said means then swinging said ring dbwnwardlywhereby the record slides downwardly, guided by the ring and arms onto the turntable, with its reversed side disposed upwardly Vin position for playing.

23. In an automatic phonograph, a turntable, a reservoir adapted to hold records of mixed sizes without regard to the location of the Arecords of various sizes, and mechanism for transferring records successively from said reservoir to the turntable irrespective of their sizes, said megah-v anism including means for returning each record from the turntable to thereservoir in inverted position to'that previously occupied thereby.

24. In an automatic phonograph, a turntable, a reservoir adaptedto hold a plurality of records, mechanism for shifting records successively from said reservoir to the turntable, said mechanism including means for removing avrecord from said turntable, and automatically operated means cooperating with said 'mechanism for engaging the record and immediately returning itdirectly to the turntable in reversed position dfor presenting the other side thereof.

25. In an automatic phonograph, a turntable, a reservoir mounted at one side of the turntable adapted -to hold a group of records of mixed sizes supported one against the other without regard to the location of the records of various sizes, mechanism for shifting records successively from said' reservoir to the turntable irrespective of their sizes, said mechanism including means for raising each record from the turntable and-moving it toward the reservoir, and means cooperating with said4 mechanism for returning the record tothe turntable in reversed position for presenting the other side thereof. v

26. In an automaticphonograph, a turntable,-

a reservoir adaptedto hold a plurality of records, mechanism for shifting records successively from said4 reservoir to the turntable, said mechanism including means for removing a record from said turntable, means cooperating` with said mechanism for engaging the record and returning it to the turntable in reversed position for presenting a reservoir adapted to hold a group of records of s mixed 'sizes without regard to the location ofthe records of various sizes, mechanism for shifting records successively fromsaid-reservoir to theA turntableirrespective of their'sizes, said mechanism including means for-raising each record from the turntable and moving. it toward the reservoir`,'and means cooperating'with said mechanism for returning the record to the turntable in' reversed position for presenting the other side thereof, said first mentioned' means being operable to return the reversed record to the reservoir with its sides in the same relativepo'sition as that v and means cooperating with said mechanism for turn to the group of records in the reservoir, and

` the turntable irrespective of their sizes for reprosupported one against the other, of a turntable,

occupied prior to its removal therefrom.

28. In-an automatic phonograph, a turntable, a reservoir adaptedto hold a group of records supported one against the other, mechanism for transferring said records successively. from one side of the group to the turntable for the reproduction of one side thereof and returning the reproduced record to the other side of the group,

reversing the record on the turntable for'reproduction `of the opposite side thereof prior to its.v` return to the group of recordsv in the reservoir. 29. In an automatic phonograph, a turntable, a reservoiriadapted to hold a group of ecords supported one -against the other, m chanism for transferring said records successively from one side of the group to the turntable for the reproduction of one side thereof and returning the reproduced record to the other side of the group, means cooperating with said mechanism for re.

versing.' the record on the turntable for reproduc` tion of the opposite 'side thereof prior to its ree ord to be returned to the reservoir without.l reproduction of. the reversed side thereof.

30. In an automatic phonograph, a turntable, a reservoir adaptedto hold a group of records of mixed sizes supported one against the other without regard to the location of the records of various sizes, mechanism for transferring said rec-v 1 ords successively from one side of the group to duction of one side thereof and returning the reproduced record to the other side of the group, means cooperating with said mechanism forreversing the record on the turntable for reproduction of'the opposite side thereof prior to its return to the group of records in the reservoir, and manually controlled means for rendering said ilrst mentioned means inoperative, to permit said .rcord to be returned tothe reservoir without reproduction of the reversedside thereof with its sides reversed in respect to their positions when re,. moved from said turntable; i

31. In an automatic phonograph, the combination with a group of records of different sizes means for automatically effecting the transfer of a lrecord from one .side of the group to the turntable land from the turntable to the other side of the group, and means for reversing the record for immediate reproduction of the opposite side4 5.5

'means for automatically effecting the transfer of 60 a record from one side of the grupto the turntable and from the turntable to the other side of the group, a reproducer, means for controlling the reproducer to automatically position at `the beginning of the record irrespective of the size 65 thereof, and means for reversing the record for immediate reproduction of the opposite sidethereof before its return to the group.

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